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Visual Storytelling in GoT - Costumes

Something that has always amazed me about this show it the dedication to detail and symbols of a character’s journey through hair and clothing.

One of the more striking examples of this is Daenerys, as the costume designer, Michelle Claption tells us:

“Dany has lived most her life being told how to dress, initially by her brother. She has two key dresses in the first episode:

her “viewing dress is essentially designed to maker her look naked as Drogo has come to see the goods, basically.

As for the wedding dress, it was meant to unwrap, as if Drogo is opening a present. And of course, the end of the season, she burns in it, which is rather poignant- the end of her story with Drogo.”

Michelle also told us that as Season 1 progresses, Daenerys is given basic Dothraki leather garb, which she eventually adapts with more dragon scales and ornaments as she becomes more fit to be a Khaleesi, and grows into her own Targaryen agency for the first time outside of her brother’s influence.

In Qarth she’s enamored by the beautiful, revealing Qartheen dresses, but as the season goes on, she becomes more guarded and realizes that’s not quite her. She begins wearing a golden corset over her Dothraki costume, with pants and skins, and eventually wears a Qartheen’s man’s tunic with Dothraki leathers to create her own style.

Compare this to Sansa, who started off with traditional Northern twist braids and simple dresses of a maiden

But begins to imitate southern styles in her early admiration for Cersei, as she convinced herself that she could be a good wife to Joffrey and a beautiful Queen like Cersei.

After Ned’s execution, Sansa continues to wear these styles to events, but not because she still admires Cersei, but because she has been using lying and adapting as a coping mechanism to survive.

Yet she reverts to her mother’s style when she is alone or with people she trusts, and eventually begins to copy Margaery’s style as she grows closer to her, but is continually forced to wear Southern styles to Tyrion’s and Joffrey’s wedding. Once she is “free” from the Lannisters, she stops wearing her hair like that completely and begins dressing like her mother

It’s also no secret that the Dothraki cut off their braids when they lose a battle, and their braids grow more intricate and sometimes add bells when they triumph. As seasons go, Daenerys wears dresses of the fashion of the cities she conquers, keeping her Dothraki pants always underneath in case she has to go on the run, but her braids are the one constant reminder that she wears her victories on her head. You’ll also note she wears blue a lot, since Blue was the color Drogo chose to represent his Khalasar.

As both girls come home, their costume and hair represent where their strength comes from and they both begin styling themselves for their roots: Season 7 Dany wears red and black with Dothraki braids and pants underneath all her gowns while Season 6-7 Sansa wears guarded Direwolf/Northern dresses and hairstyles with agency that she molds after her mother.

They’re not the only one. There is, of course, Arya and Jon finally being able to break free from the institutions they were in and adopting their father’s look:

You can see most the Stark kids are trying to channel in the Northern roots once they’re home

Dressing and acting their their parents is just one of the way they show their loyalties, House Pride, and the relationship they have with one another

The GoT costume department has grown familiar with using this visual technique as one of the ways to tell a story:

As she once said in an interview, Michelle Clapton designed Cersei’s S1 costumes to be dull and elegant, a symbol of a Cersei in the shadow of her husband. Season 2-3 Cersei is guarded but radiant, wearing proud Lannister colors at the peak of her power. From then on, she begins to wear black as her family dies and she’s in mourning

But eventually her style becomes one to reflect her father, the person she most feared and admired. The respected person she wants to become. Book fans have a great argument that these character’s shouldn’t be wearing as much black as they do in the latter seasons, but the show’s visual storytelling is very different from the books, as Winter has finally come.

And Cersei isn’t the only one that changes her style to mirror someone:

“I didn’t want her to wear a crown,” Clapton continues, “but I wanted her to wear something that signified status.” Clapton chose a chain with a three-headed dragon on the end: “There was a weightiness to it. I wanted her to have authority.”

Starting off with black and red Targaryen reds like her brother, but transforming into greys, blues; fur-lined coats with Stark colors:

”As she meets and becomes more familiar with Jon Snow, Dany’s outfits appear lined with fur, a staple of Northern attire that feels symbolic of her growing affection for the King in the North. “There is obviously some chemistry at work! I wanted to reflect this with a dramatic yet extremely practical costume”

When she wears her white winter coat, it is a visual symbol of Dany fiinally committing to her trust for Jon Snow and changing the path of her life:

“I can’t think of another time she’s gone to the aid of someone who is also, to some extent, a rival,” Clapton says. “It had to be a real statement piece. It looks very warrior queen—she’s a vision when Jon looks up and sees her arriving.“

I’m really excited to see the final costume unveilings for Season 8, but here are some hints that we can take from the new styes we’ve seen:

A Northern twist to Dany’s hair suggests her growing admiration and need of approval from the North and the Starks, specially Sansa.

Cersei’s golden ornaments that mirror battle armor should reflect her consistent drive to be at war and fight for herself without yielding for any reason until the very end.

And as always, Arya continues to be valiant Ned’s precious little girl.

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Sansa Stark + Costume Details

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Clouds seen from above. Horses small as antsthundering through the grass. A silver moon, almost close enough to touch. Rivers running bright and blue below, glimmering in the sun. Will I ever see such sights again? On Drogon's back she felt whole. Up in the sky the woes of this world could not touch her.

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A book crystallized in the ocean

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NO NO NO.

This was not crystallized by the ocean. People. No. This is why artist credit is SO DAMN IMPORTANT THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE MISINFORMED HERE.

Alexis Arnold is an artist who creates crystallized books. Her work is amazing and beautiful, she’s made dozens of these.

This particular one was not made by her, however, it was actually created by Catherine McEver - who was inspired to try it after seeing a show of Alexis Arnold’s work. It’s literally the first picture on Google image results if you search for “crystallized books” and she posted about it on her blog showing other process shots as she made it.

TWO DIFFERENT WOMEN ARE BEING DEPRIVED OF CREDIT FOR THEIR CREATIVITY BECAUSE THIS FALSE INFORMATION IS BEING SPREAD. FUCK THAT.